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remark

/ɹɪˈmɑɹk/noun, verb

remark is spelled R-E-M-A-R-K: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.6 times per million words in written English, the 11,870th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, remark means “An act of pointing out or noticing; notice or observation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of remark is remarks.

How many letters and syllables are in remark?

Letters6: R-E-M-A-R-K
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing4.6 times per million words; the 11,870th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is remark?

Remark appears 4.6 times per million words in written English, the 11,870th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce remark?

  • US /ɹɪˈmɑɹk/
  • UK /ɹɪˈmɑːk/

As a noun (“Alternative spelling of re-mark”): /ˌɹiˈmɑɹk/, /ˌɹiːˈmɑːk/.

Remark has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-remark.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Mélange_a_trois-remark.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with remark

Also written: re-mark (one word or two).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with remark?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as remark from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹk/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: marker.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of remark

  • remarks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • remarking participle, present
  • remarked participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does remark mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    An act of pointing out or noticing; notice or observation.

  2. 2

    An expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something

    make a remark

  3. 3

    A casual observation, comment, or statement

  4. 4

    Alternative form of remarque.

  5. 5

    Alternative spelling of re-mark.

verb

  1. 1

    To pay heed to; notice; to take notice of, to perceive.

    I remarked a certain twang in his southern pronunciation.

  2. 2

    obsoleteTo pass comment on (something); to indicate, point out.

  3. 3

    obsoleteTo mark (someone or something) out; to distinguish, to make notable.

  4. 4

    To express in words or writing; to state, as an observation.

    He remarked that it was getting late.

  5. 5

    To make a remark or remarks on, to comment on (something).

  6. 6

    Alternative spelling of re-mark.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Remark in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchremarque (act of pointing out or noticing; notice or…)
Portugueseobservação, observar, notar (act of pointing out or noticing; notice or…), fazer observação (uma) (to make a remark or remarks on; to comment on)
Spanishacotación, apunte (act of pointing out or noticing; notice or…), apostilla (expression, in speech or writing, of something…), aclarar (''(obsolete in English)'' to mark (someone or…), señalar, comentar (to express in words or writing; to state, as an…)
Germananmerken (to make a remark or remarks on; to comment on), Bemerkung, Anmerkung (expression, in speech or writing, of something…), bemerken, wahrnehmen (to pay heed to; notice; to take notice of, to…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does remark come from?

From Middle French remarquer, from Old French remarquer, from re- (“again”) + marquer (“to mark”), equivalent to re- (“again”) + mark.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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